I was always confused by them saying she looks even more like a wolf then balto. She is more dog then wolf unless Jenna is hiding something. Then there is the fact I am sure people would be eager to have the pup of the dog who saved their children.
Yeah I was like what that is not possible but in real life Jenna was real but never had puppies with balto because he was fixed so that thing Jenna is hiding is true
Balto: A story of courage and adventure Balto 2: story of self-discovery and spirituality Balto 3: balto likes planes and thicc birds want the d? Haha, I think one movie was good enough but what do I know? Lol Thanks for watching, Nameless!
Haha no problem. I actually did like Balto 2 though since it was one of those childhood movies that I watched and kept re-watching several times for a while. I guess as a kid everything seems more magical in general and this movie kinda fit into how my mind worked at the time. But after re-watching it recently and then seeing your review I kinda realize how ridiculous it really was. But at least it was less laughable than Balto 3 XD
I'd argue that Balto 3 was the closest to a sequel to the original. Balto 2 felt more like a spin-off than a proper sequel. As in Balto 3, the events of the first movie are directly mentioned, whereas in Balto 2 it felt like the first movie didn't happen as Balto still had doubts about his mixed heritage. Not to mention the villain in the first movie was actually evil and menacing
I actually like the ideas in the movie. I especially like the part of Balto letter go of Aleu that's a message to adults of when it's time to let your kids have their own life. But it was just a matter of overall execution in my mind that makes the movie unfortunately not as good as it could've been. If it was made by a creative team not driven to make some quick money like, (actually almost every movie studio!) it would've worked better. I for 1 feel the filler moments should've instead been replaced with more scenes to fleshed out the rushed last 3rd of the movie. At least it takes itself more seriously & has far less songs (& the few songs they use are at least not as annoying to listen to) then pretty much every Land Before Time sequel. It's also more watchable & tries to give the audience more of a moral lesson then eveyr Alpha & Omega sequel.
Mostly agreed here. At least they tried something NEW and the ideas weren't all bad. It needed better execution for sure. Movies take so many people and opinions clashing and flowing to work, it's a miracle when one is great or even just good. Sometimes it hurts knowing how many movies' potentials were squandered. ...Press f boys. Press f. Also I appreciate the comment and insightful opinions. It's a breath of fresh air as well haha, hope you're having a good day/night and I do hope you enjoyed the video overall :)
I've always wondered why the dream sequences were w/ Balto and not Aleu, since it was her so called "destiny". Her role is really downplayed until the end. Maybe it's implied she saw the same visions as here dad, as hinted with the bear scene and the one were she saw the ice bridge, but its so damn VAGUE! But the movie is called Balto 2, not Aleu 2. And you're message is 100% right, and this movies ending can be somewhat harmful to any young mind who thinks too deep into it.
Yeah, he seemed kind of tacked onto the story for the sake of the title, and Aleu's story certainly suffered for it. (Not that they had all of her story thought out that well, either) Also thanks, I was worried I came off a little preachy at the end, there. :)
+Shade Nocturne Is it just me or are none of "Steven Spielburg's animated movies allowed to have GOOD sequels. Think about it, "An American Tail: Fievel Goes West", the endless ass pile of "Land Before Time" sequels, and now this. If you ask me, "Balto 2" has the same problem that "An American Tail: Fievel Goes West" had. That being that their plots are far too out of character to be a sequel to what came before. In Fievel's case, it went from a simple story about a Jewish Mice family migrating to the USA and their son being separated from them and stopping at nothing to find them while also helping the mice put a bunch of hungry cats in their places............to an uninspired unoriginal unfocused goofy western. Balto meanwhile went from a simple but effective story about a wolf dog battling his way to bring a supply of medicine back to a town full of dying children...............to this barrage of prophecy, supernatural crap. I can't tell if these were really Spielburg's ideas or if Universal forced him to slap familiar faces onto these plots and call it a day.
@supermariof0521 fun fact: Dev Ross (scriptwriter for Balto 2) and Phil Weinstein (the director of the 2nd movie) have both admitted to have never watched the original movie, and it clearly shows
Agreed. Cash grab? Totally. High? Strong possibility when you're simply becoming one with the tree and having spirit guides confuse you in a balto sequel. Haha
Hey, totally find if you did, subjective opinion. And hey, if I'm not mistaken, that's Rob Paulsen's gorgeous vocals at work. No shame in enjoying that at all, haha. ;)
+Shade Nocturne, Actually, Muru is voiced by Peter MacNicol. He was also in "Addams Family Values". Anyway, I like this movie too, but your review was great as well.
Shade, don't you think that these so called sequels should be called, midquels instead? Because in the first movie, there were two live action segments that were supposed to take place after Balto won live and won the race. Remember?
I hear ya. I personally really enjoyed Balto as a kid, still do. Then I saw this sequel and I was.....left confused. Spirits? Vision quests? Wolves that can merge with trees? Magical ice bridges? This is a Balto sequel, right? I think what annoyed me the most is how the whole cast from the previous film was either sidelined or completely forgotten about. Speaking of that? Why wasn't Steele in this movie? Considering how vindictive and unsubtly mentally unstable he was in the first film, you'd think after his humiliation in the first film, this raving narcissist would devote the rest of his life to destroying Balto and everyone he cares about? Most Disney sequels face the issue of having killed off their villain in the first film and are forced to replace them with some forgettable nobody, but this didn't have that problem. Plus, both films would have been a lot more fun if they had Jim Cummings chewing the scenery as the main antagonist. Considering how Niju and his three lackeys pay such a likeness to Steele and his three goons, I'm wondering if Steel was set to appear in this film but was axed after the script got a "spirit quest" rewrite?
They also ruined Jenna's design! Jenna was modeled after Belgian actress, Audrey Hepburn. But the artist made her look so plain! Her voice doesn't suit her either! I know Bridget Fonda retired, but must Jodi Benson sounds too sweet and soft to be Jenna! Overall it pains me her role in these sequels have her around as little as possible!!! 🙍🏻♀️
Kelsey Donaldson exactly. I actually do like the second movie but balto not bringing jenna really upset me as a kid. He didn't even brought jenna in third movie to save the pilot, instead he brings stella the goose and the polar bears -__________-
3:24 to quote nostalgia critic”ok screw that she could be a vampire shark and she still get adopted” I agree she’s so Cute I wanna die I mean aleu and balto aren’t the first wolf dog Hybrid I’m sure they still exist back in the old days.
12:11 I paused at this part to get dinner, and I came back and saw that there's a slight animation error, with Balto's nose edited over Niju's chest and Niju's jaw on Balto's forehead. Good review, by the way. :)
Thanks, again! So glad you're enjoying them. Yeah, never noticed that one. there's actually quite a few animation errors, but I suppose that's to be expected of such a cheap cash-grab. :/
As a kid, whenever there was a direct to video sequel to a movie I loved, I've always hated when there was constant singing. Especially when there was no singing in the first one.
What I just don't understand is Balto is the heroic dog in the town and Aleu looks like him so wouldn't she be the most desired pet puppy? Yeah, I recall the people being afraid of Balto in the 1st movie but he proved himself and saved the day. (I do apologize if I got anything wrong. It has been a long time since I watched Balto) .
Haha, great minds think alike I guess. :b There's actually one or two scenes with mistakes like that I forgot to mention that happen some time later on. I guess lower budget means less attention to detail. Lol Funny to see, though.
I like Aleu's design and how this story didn't give her a sexy wolf to be her cliche romantic interest. That's all I really like about this movie and maybe the fact they're willing to explore the wolf theme a little more than in the original Balto, albeit in questionable ways. I've been curious for a while now, how do you edit your videos? I've been trying to learn video editing on stuff like premiere but I don't know how to do stuff like put letters or other objects in the foreground while a video is playing in the background. Or make objects move across the screen also while a video is playing in the background. Could you explain to me how you do it?
Yes! Thank fucking god they didn't do the archtypal female-lead plot all 90's films did. They did at least try some new shit, and I commend them for that It just didn't work. Lol As for editing, thanks man lol I appreciate wanting some help and all, best I can do without doing a full tutorial is you create a new legacy title and use the x and y controls in effects to position the text/image, then all you need to do is toggle the keyframes to control where and how long the text or inage moves.
One thing I like about the movie is that the elderly one believes in change while the hotheaded young one is the one afraid of change and wants things to stay the same. And the fact that the villain's motivation is that he's afraid.
Great review, man. I was hooked from the "elaborate" joke at the start. I remember not liking this movie even as a kid. I used to think the spiritual element was too complex for me to understand. Then I grew up and realized it was just (probably) well-intended but poorly executed story elements. Also, cool dragon design.
This sequel suffers from the same problem that "An American Tail: Fievel Goes West" suffers from. In that they both only act as sequels to their respective previous films, but only by name. They also have the misfortune of having fanboys who swear by these sequels who 9 times outta 10 haven't seen the originals nor could they even be bothered to do so. If you want a sequel to "Balto" that at the very least has the spirit of the original? Watch "Balto 3: Wings of Change". It doesn't hold a candle to the first film, but its less headache inducing then "Balto 2".
@@ShadeNocturne Though you know what sucks? So for years Universal had "Balto" on DVD, but it was cropped to 4:3 Full-Screen. Then a couple years ago, Universal FINALLY released the film on Blu Ray, in its original theatrical aspect ratio...............but it doesn't have a menu. No bonus content, no scene selections, no language options, you just put the disc in the player and it just goes right to the movie.
its not as bad as you're making it out to be. i saw these when i was like 9 and still treasure them. it may have even contributed to me becoming a fury later in life.
Hey I'm glad people like what they like even if others don't. :) I may not like it but I would never tell someone what to enjoy~ And the animation is clean for the cheapness. So, anyway yeah! I really appreciate the comment btw. Makes my day to get em! (Also that red coloring with the three spirits representing fears looks cool)
Finally! Yes, I completely agree. Balto, the HUSKEY, really had no purpose here. And, the fist movie was so much better. What on earth is with this magic stuff?! Balto is supposed to be based on a true story, and they kinda ruined it. Sure, this is still a second part to a movie that I love, but, come on! This wasn't a good movie. I especially hate the fact that all of a sudden it turned into a musical. What the absolute f*ck!
Haha it does sound like he simply whipped out his fricken American express. Man sounded so bored and like "yeah, so what? I became one with the tree. Get oudda' here, fugeddabout it." XD
As a kid I absolutely loved these movies for some reason, Idk why. Maybe it's because it was set in my home state and I adore wolves. Either way I didn't actually pick up on that whole destiny thing you mentioned (mostly because I didn't know jack shit about messages and themes and whatnot) but now that I look back on it, it's preeeeeeetty bad. I still love Aleu though >:)
Where do you live. I live in Minnesota we have a basketball team called the timberwolves but I don't think we really like wolves I think their cool but some people hate animals but the only animals I hate are bears.
I forgot how weird the movie was. It was one of my favorite movies as kid. Now, looking back, I realize it wasn’t all that great. However, while listening to your review, something hit me. What if this movie was about death? Okay, I know it’s weird but the spiritual and magical elements make a lot more sense if you look at it through the lens of Alu is dying and Balto is doing his best to prevent that. Balto could’ve been trying to overcome trials to get his dead daughter back, with each animal being representative of different obstacles. It kind of reminds me of that Greek myth where this man overcame multiple trials to get his dead wife back only to loose her. The fox could be the one to tell Balto where the river styx is, the raven could be death himself watching over everything, the wolverines might be the fates, the bear could be Cerberus, and that wolf at the end could be death. Idk, I just feel like it actually fits as a story about a parent trying to get their child back from the clutches of death more than what it was.
Interesting idea. Even if done poorly, it could still have salvaged most of the otherwise strangely spiritual plotline. As for the rest? Rewrite out Boris, extend the runtime, and build up this clan earlier. you almost have to wonder, why not just make a movie about this and forget the balto series tie-in?
Hi! A long time ago, when I was probably 7 years old, I watched this movie for the first time and oh boy I got several heart attacks while watching this movie. My first heart attack was Boris screaming for Balto to wake up. My second heart attack was the Wolverine totem on the totem pole. I can COMPLETELY agree with you that the Wolverine totem is very creepy and terrifying, I even had nightmares from that thing! Then I got scared of the totem pole again right before Balto's second dream. Then after Aleu runs away, and Balto receives his first dream, hearing Aniu say the totem meanings, I yet again got another heart attack, from Aniu's Howl as soon as the Caribou totem disappeared. I also got another heart attack during "The Grand Design", which the totem pole with the Wolverine appears again. My final heart attack was from Aniu's second Howl at the end of the film. Thankfully 5 years later and just Yesterday, I finally conquered my fears of what gave me heart attacks in the film. Overall, the Film was pretty good, and because this movie is kinda similar to Inuit Culture, I like it even more. But still, that freaking Wolverine on the totem pole is still a little terrifying, despite conquering my fear.
Yes, she played both the fox that tricks balto as well as one of the spirit Wolverines. Perhaps there's others but yeah. I had thought about mentioning it but I was unfamiliar with her body of work and felt it would be inappropriate to just breeze over it in what was becoming a lengthy script. Thanks for watching, and subscribing!
To reiterate from a video I previously watched on it: The most unrealistic part of this movie is the main conflict. You can’t tell me a town in ALASKA wouldn’t want a dog that looks like a wolf. Huskies, cut and dry, are basically Aleu in a nutshell, without the heritage. A musher or Hunter would absolutely love to have her, you can’t convince me otherwise. She would just look like a gray husky to them, because wolf-dogs look like giant sphepherd husky crosses.
Looking back that was a pretty glaring issue most kids would even get. Haha idk how I didn't think of that. I mean seriously. Even if it wasn't Alaska, most countries love badass mixed breed animals for all sorts of stuff. Why wouldn't they take her? Not even just for breeding or something? Like... NOBODY? Not one person? Bullshit. You, my good commentator, are on point.
@@ShadeNocturne Aparently kids are the only people who adopt puppies! They must’ve really saved up those 100 dollars in 1920 bucks working the mines. If any grown up existed she’d be a valuable enough hunter.
I’m a religious person, but I 100% agree with you on the Destiny thing. So many people think it’s a good message to tell kids “don’t worry! Everything happens the way it’s supposed to happen because God exists.” No... that’s a flimsy excuse for people who just don’t think it’s possible for them to ever make a mistake. The Disney short Small One handled the concept of taking part in something great so much better. The donkey was involved in a historical and spiritually significant event, not because of destiny, but because he was in the right place at the right time. It was still involved, and it was still an important event, but it wasn’t born only for that purpose.
Thank you. It's refreshing to hear that from someone on the spiritual side. I appreciate your comment. Never heard of that short. Maybe i'll check it out when I get a hit minute. Thanks, man. :)
Shade Nocturne Damn, you’ve never heard of Small One? That’s Don Bluth’s Disney Swan Song. I won’t spoil it for you, suffice it to say, if you’re a Christian, it’s a great kid’s Christmas short. It’s uplifting and sad at the same time, definitely check it out.
Shade Nocturne also, I learned this lesson a long time ago when I was going to church one morning, my brother and I are animal lovers at heart, and a puppy ran under my mom’s car while we were driving leaving him quite dead. My brother cried about it rather profusely and told a lady at church that he was crying because we’d killed a puppy by accident. The church lady had the audacity to suggest that we were sent by God to kill that puppy because it was suffering. That is bullshit. The puppy was perfectly happy looking and it’s Death was down to it not understanding the consequence of running under a moving car. That’s like saying “well, the Nazis were just ending the suffering of all those people, cause that’s how you end someone’s suffering!” Voltaire’s Candide has a great moment where this guy who insists that everything happens for the greater good gets serious comeuppance.
Exactly. Death is not some consequence of a greater plan, and to treat it that way can diminish remorse and the severity. It's how people like Hitler can justify such atrocious acts and sleep at night. Sorry about the dog, btw. Hope it rests in peace.
Shade Nocturne Yeah I mean I believe in an afterlife and God and all that... I just don’t believe, and honestly don’t like believing that everything you do is predestined and unchangeable. That’s dangerous thinking that causes cultures to stagnate. I wrote a novel several years ago, and in that novel, I basically tried to make humans and immortals separated by immortals having predestined lives and fate, while humans, a far weaker, less powerful species has free will, and is therefore more likely to change the world in spite of their feeble existence.
Indeed. She could do cutesy, sultry, serious... she was one hell of a powerhouse talent. The OG Timmy T Turner as well, I believe. RIP, miss Bergman. Thank you for having been one of the few interesting things in this movie...
As an Indigenous person myself I gotta give credit to the movie for it's implements of our culture-- sure it could have been done a bit better but honestly a lot better then most-- Even if the movie sucks a bit I personally do like it and appreciate that it implemented something like that
14:36 Are we just supposed to accept that Balto is willing to leave his wife and friends back in Nome just so he can lead this pack he barely knows, just because his mother (who was ignoring him his whole life btw) said so? Also, why did they make the white wolf from the first movie Balto's mother? And not just his mother, but this almighty deity? The white wolf scene from this movie worked because it didn't speak and it's mystical and vague, by making it Balto's mother all of that mysticism is gone, not to mention it's a complete retcon and it creates HUGE plot holes In both this and the first movie
Some things certainly seem similar, yeah. The daughter who wants to explor and has an overbearing father. To a lesser extent (having quite a few differences) the outlanders. Ugh, gross! Imagine Niju trying to mack on Aleu like Kovu did with Kiara. Lol
@@ShadeNocturne Just what I said elsewhere. Hell, the director of this film, Phil Weinstein , was the storyboard director for The Lion King II. Looks like he had major control over the plot and was just lazy, thought he could repeat the success that he had with Disney. Well, that did not turn out as he expected. LOL
@@ShadeNocturne I almost forgot, that doing Aleu in Balto II is Lacey Chabert who also was the voice of cub Vitani in Lion King II. Makes me wonder if reading the script she wondered, 'Hey, this story seems familiar to a Disney sequel I did four years ago, except I am the star this time........'
Nostalgia critic explained that Balto.s mother told him he needed to understand the animals of the todum pole which in turn most people in this generation use to tell stories
There's something I noticed about Balto 2 - Wolf Quest, there is a lot of New Age tropes in this film, you could practically play New Age bingo watching Wolf Quest. To summarise, there is cultural appropriation of Native American heritage, Aleu as the Indigo Child, plus there is channelling, crystals, frequency, magical thinking, ESP, appeal to nature and everything is connected. All Balto 2 needed was pyramids, but I think the totem pole was the stand in for that, afterall, they are monuments, and the totem pole spirits fill the role of chakras, as something destined to guide Balto and Aleu to some esoteric prophecy. This I believe is why you notice metaphysics, Native American woo, and energy, these are things common to New Age, and I really like your closing comments, it's more beneficial than what Balto 2 - Wolf Quest was trying to achieve. By the way, that half-assed prophecy could easily apply to Aleu's siblings, they are wolf hybrids and do not know it, just because they look like Jenna, does not mean they didn't inherent wolf traits from Balto, technically, _all_ of Jenna and Balto's pups are second-generation wolf hybrids, but I suspect Aleu was someone's OC written into the film, that could explain it.
I'm glad you enjoy it :) it is certainly at least trying something new, eh? I might not totally dig it but I have to give it that. At least it isn't committing the sin of repeating the first one but worse or completely sidelining balto for his kids (*cough cough* alpha and omega) So yeah. :) thanks for watching and commenting by the way. Means a lot :)
@@ShadeNocturne yeah the first alpha and omega is ok , but the sequels .....T.T , but this movie wolf quest , is like another movie with the same history , check the trailer of White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf , that movie is like a live action of balto 2 maybe LOL
As a dragon, do YOU personally ever breath fire? If so, would it be for things such as marking your territory, attracting a mate, intimidating your enimies or cooking your prey?
This wasn’t pointed, but they fucked up Balto’s design. He has white eyes in this movie! When you FUCK UP YOUR MAIN CHARACTER’S DESIGN then your movie definitely sucks. Also they used the white wolf, and then shoehorned it in as Balto’s mother. Jesus they should’ve used the director of the last movie, or make this one’s director watch it first. They also said Alue looked more like a wolf than Balto, when she had traits(such as blue eyes) that wolves can’t have. She even looks like a recoloured Female Balto. If they were going with Alue looked a lot more like a wolf, they could’ve made her more wolf sized. What makes things worst, HOW IS THE TOWN OF NOME’S HERO’S KIDS NOT MARKETABLE? I thought people would jump at the chance at getting one of the hero’s kids. Especially Alue who looks the most like Balto. They probably forgot the 1st movie didn’t exist.
I may not totally enjoy it but I wanna give it a post-review point for actually TRYING SOMETHING NEW. That shit was refreshing at least. Don't seem to get a lot of that anymore. *eyeroll* Also super happy you watched my stuff :) I hope you enjoyed and I appreciate your time and comment
I loved Balto, and out of both of its sequels, I preferred Wolf Quest. Sure, Alue became a selfish dick, but she wasn't as bad as Kody in Wings of Change. Edit cause I forgot the dog was Kody not Diego. I keep thinking ir's Diego for some reason
These fuckers got Maurice LaMarche, Jodi Benson, Mark Hamill, and David Carradine involved in this!? This movie has half the budget and writing quality of the original, how did it attract so much talent?
That conclusion with your thoughts on the movie's message. That hit hard. I needed to hear that. Also, you sound like a younger Bojack Horseman. Not a complaint.
0:20 When I was a kid and this said it was based on a true story, guess who tried talking to a wolf ....... and got growled at probably because it thought the kid was staring it down. Thanks for teaching about nature movie, you're really historically accurate with the younger generation.
Omg haha XD so sorry man, but hey at least you tried. Gives you a neat story to laugh about at least... hope you didn't get hurt? Also thanks for watching
@@ShadeNocturne Na it's fine, I just made that up as a joke. But talking to animals however is true. I think I saw that movie when I was 5 ish, and was a gullible kid that believed anything back then and when I saw the title, "based on true story" I tried coming up with ways to trick an animal into talking out loud or tried hiding behind corners to try over hearing them. 🤦♂️ I don't know how I'm not ashamed of movies that made me do questionable back then. Also, you're welcome.
I always thought the people of Nome were really stupid. I get how some might be put off if a puppy looks too much like a wolf but the fact that they are half wolf would’ve put people off of her siblings as well. I think the movie didn’t portray the ‘destiny’ part right. As a child, I always thought it was more she belonged with the wolves and was happier with them than she was back in town so that’s why the spirits were trying to guide her.
I jusy recently rewatched the first then watched the second and I could not feel extremely disappointed in what I saw. Basically with what everything you said I agree with. But there are two things that bothered me over anything in the entire film. First, Jennas and Baltos voice actors changed in this. I thought the voiced for them in the first movie were a great choice (Jenna especially) but in this I feel their forcing way to hard to sound like the first movie. Second is the design of Balto and Jenna. Was it a different team of artists? Sure probably. This still doesnt strain from the fact they, atleast to me, look nothing alike. Balto in this doesn't look as good as he did in the first. In the first he looked like an outcast which is how he was portraid. If they kept this design I feel I would have cared a little bit more. Jenna though, she had the worst overhaul. In the first movie her design look pretty. She was portraid as a beautifull character and it worked. In the second I feel while its trying to imply, it doesnt work. Her face is not at all the same, the eyes are always happy and the rest of it is just ew. One last side thing is I don't like Aleus voice in it. Going into this Aleu is my favourite character design so I was expecting a better voice but thats not what I had gotten. Atleast her puppy voice made sense. I am scared to watch the third one
I totally agree! Jenna's design was inspired by Belgian actress Audrey Hepburn. Even Rosie, her owner, looks like a little redhead Audrey! But the sequels made Jenna look so plain!!! And Jodi Benson is NO Bridget Fonda! And Lacey chabert's whiney Eliza voice is so grating to the ears! I've heard her normal voice before, so she has no excuse to make Alue sound like a little kid!!! They should've gotten Grey Delisle or Tara Strong to voice her instead!!!
While watching this I was questioning if I was drunk or high. Edit: I’m pretty sure reading the summary is enough for the movie will probably be the equivalent of ectasy to the 10th power.
I still question if this movie actually exist due to the fact that I was probably high while watching this. I think it exist since it has a score on IMDB. Probably some vudu magic bullshit.
The STARZ channel version of this movie had made a few minor changes to the animation. Like for example 0:03 the 3 walking together were drawn lighter in the original version, but there were drawing a little darker in this version.
i remember watching this movie (Balto2) in 4th grade and distinctly remembering it was really weird, this was the only balto movie i watched before this year i found the trilogy on amazon prime a couple months ago and vaguely remembered the character designs, so i went into Balto 1 (thinking i was about to rewatch balto 2 for nostalgia) with pretty low expectations guess who found their new favorite movie in the most convoluted way possible for the most convoluted reasons
Hey man 2 things I just wanna say 1 as someone who is adopted this movie was fantastic when I was a kid I loved it. I connected to Alula soo much expetially at the end. 2 the spirit part was fantastic as aboriginal Australian it’s similar to our Dreamtime And finally I hope you see this @shadenocturn I love the dragon and I love what you said I hope you see this as you are amazing
I'm glad you connected to the movie. Really :) We all have those movies we like, you know? I'm glad you commented and I'm happy you enjoyed my little video
Aleu was always one of my favorite childhood animals. I still find her relatable at times. It’s also cool that the same one who voiced Eliza Thornberry voiced Aleu too (Lacey Chabert). I also find it funny that the length of this video is 20:02 , which is the year this film came out.
(Parody) *(Shade's start to play hide and seek with his daughter)* Shade's daughter: DAMN IT! I GUESS DAD WIN AGAIN! >.> *(She looks back)* *Shade Nocturne: (**0:00**)* (Shade's daughter start to smile) Shade's daughter: DAD!? How do YOU do that? Shade Nocturne: I simply became one with the tree! my sweet child! 7w7 Muja Kina: Sweetie! can you stop doing that? you are scaring my cat! >.< STOP FUSING WITH THE TREE!!! >.> Shade Nocturne: Oops! I forgot! >.< ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Random Guy: WTF!? (0:09) Muja Kina: HOLY SH*T! HOW BALTO CAN FUSE WITH THE TREE?😂 I'm done! Anyway! I saw that movie when I was a little loli and let me tell you this movie is okay! Is not good like the first one but this movie is fine! :)
I love this film mainly for nostalgia. But your right the plot makes literally no sense at all. Aleu had no plot. Baltos role is confusing. Why is magic in this film? There is no solid plot. I feel for you man
Alexander The Great: An HD remaster of this movie wouldn’t mean colors would be graded. All it would have done was make them a bit sharper. I think the film was actually made to look that drab. Now, supposedly there is an HD version of this film and the 3rd movie, but I don’t know if it is an upscale or not.
Baltimore:wait?..do u hear that? Wolf girl?:what is it dad Soviet Army:URRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! Soviet sgt:KILL THE CITY BURN THEM DOWN! SHOOT THEM DOWN *Soviet tanks rolls in* MOW THEM DOWN Soviet Army: HOOORAAA HOOORAAA HOOORAAA (Srry if i offended the movie)
I was always confused by them saying she looks even more like a wolf then balto. She is more dog then wolf unless Jenna is hiding something. Then there is the fact I am sure people would be eager to have the pup of the dog who saved their children.
Yeah. Exactly.
Like:
"Mama I want that one!"
"But sweety, she looks like a wolf!"
"Uh... awesome?!"
THE END
Yeah I was like what that is not possible but in real life Jenna was real but never had puppies with balto because he was fixed so that thing Jenna is hiding is true
Balto 1, 2 and 3 are all so fundamentally different movies lol.
Balto: A story of courage and adventure
Balto 2: story of self-discovery and spirituality
Balto 3: balto likes planes and thicc birds want the d?
Haha, I think one movie was good enough but what do I know? Lol
Thanks for watching, Nameless!
Haha no problem. I actually did like Balto 2 though since it was one of those childhood movies that I watched and kept re-watching several times for a while. I guess as a kid everything seems more magical in general and this movie kinda fit into how my mind worked at the time. But after re-watching it recently and then seeing your review I kinda realize how ridiculous it really was. But at least it was less laughable than Balto 3 XD
And by "laughable" I mean unmemorable.
I'd argue that Balto 3 was the closest to a sequel to the original. Balto 2 felt more like a spin-off than a proper sequel.
As in Balto 3, the events of the first movie are directly mentioned, whereas in Balto 2 it felt like the first movie didn't happen as Balto still had doubts about his mixed heritage. Not to mention the villain in the first movie was actually evil and menacing
This wolf just fused with a fuking tree 😂😂😂 I'm done
I think we all are.
And did you know that wolf is played by David keroden.
I think it deserves more than...
WHATEVERTHEFUCKFACEYOUREMAKINGHERE
I actually like the ideas in the movie. I especially like the part of Balto letter go of Aleu that's a message to adults of when it's time to let your kids have their own life. But it was just a matter of overall execution in my mind that makes the movie unfortunately not as good as it could've been.
If it was made by a creative team not driven to make some quick money like, (actually almost every movie studio!) it would've worked better.
I for 1 feel the filler moments should've instead been replaced with more scenes to fleshed out the rushed last 3rd of the movie.
At least it takes itself more seriously & has far less songs (& the few songs they use are at least not as annoying to listen to) then pretty much every Land Before Time sequel.
It's also more watchable & tries to give the audience more of a moral lesson then eveyr Alpha & Omega sequel.
Mostly agreed here.
At least they tried something NEW and the ideas weren't all bad. It needed better execution for sure. Movies take so many people and opinions clashing and flowing to work, it's a miracle when one is great or even just good.
Sometimes it hurts knowing how many movies' potentials were squandered.
...Press f boys. Press f.
Also I appreciate the comment and insightful opinions. It's a breath of fresh air as well haha, hope you're having a good day/night and I do hope you enjoyed the video overall :)
Man i noticed the CG was a little akward that and the fact you referred to Jenna as Jennifer that time big ups for this review. Top notch
Boris sounds like my French Teacher. When I don’t answer a question correctly. LOL
Lol that's great, man
In French he has kind of a Russian accent I think
I've always wondered why the dream sequences were w/ Balto and not Aleu, since it was her so called "destiny". Her role is really downplayed until the end. Maybe it's implied she saw the same visions as here dad, as hinted with the bear scene and the one were she saw the ice bridge, but its so damn VAGUE! But the movie is called Balto 2, not Aleu 2.
And you're message is 100% right, and this movies ending can be somewhat harmful to any young mind who thinks too deep into it.
Yeah, he seemed kind of tacked onto the story for the sake of the title, and Aleu's story certainly suffered for it. (Not that they had all of her story thought out that well, either)
Also thanks, I was worried I came off a little preachy at the end, there. :)
+Shade Nocturne
Is it just me or are none of "Steven Spielburg's animated movies allowed to have GOOD sequels. Think about it, "An American Tail: Fievel Goes West", the endless ass pile of "Land Before Time" sequels, and now this.
If you ask me, "Balto 2" has the same problem that "An American Tail: Fievel Goes West" had. That being that their plots are far too out of character to be a sequel to what came before. In Fievel's case, it went from a simple story about a Jewish Mice family migrating to the USA and their son being separated from them and stopping at nothing to find them while also helping the mice put a bunch of hungry cats in their places............to an uninspired unoriginal unfocused goofy western. Balto meanwhile went from a simple but effective story about a wolf dog battling his way to bring a supply of medicine back to a town full of dying children...............to this barrage of prophecy, supernatural crap. I can't tell if these were really Spielburg's ideas or if Universal forced him to slap familiar faces onto these plots and call it a day.
@@ShadeNocturne Man Jenna And Boris And Muk And Luk Would Have Join Balto And Aleu To Fight Niju
@supermariof0521 fun fact: Dev Ross (scriptwriter for Balto 2) and Phil Weinstein (the director of the 2nd movie) have both admitted to have never watched the original movie, and it clearly shows
I think this movie is just a cash grab and the writers were high on drugs when they wrote this
Agreed. Cash grab? Totally. High? Strong possibility when you're simply becoming one with the tree and having spirit guides confuse you in a balto sequel. Haha
@@ShadeNocturne
Lol. I bet it was weed
I actually liked Balto 2. It wasn't as good as the first one, but I did really enjoy it. Also "Who You Really Are" is a really catchy fun song.
Hey, totally find if you did, subjective opinion.
And hey, if I'm not mistaken, that's Rob Paulsen's gorgeous vocals at work. No shame in enjoying that at all, haha. ;)
+Shade Nocturne, Actually, Muru is voiced by Peter MacNicol. He was also in "Addams Family Values". Anyway, I like this movie too, but your review was great as well.
@@BirdsandGhibliFan And he voiced fenwick in recess: school’s out.
Shade, don't you think that these so called sequels should be called, midquels instead? Because in the first movie, there were two live action segments that were supposed to take place after Balto won live and won the race. Remember?
It did?😮
I hear ya. I personally really enjoyed Balto as a kid, still do. Then I saw this sequel and I was.....left confused. Spirits? Vision quests? Wolves that can merge with trees? Magical ice bridges? This is a Balto sequel, right? I think what annoyed me the most is how the whole cast from the previous film was either sidelined or completely forgotten about.
Speaking of that? Why wasn't Steele in this movie? Considering how vindictive and unsubtly mentally unstable he was in the first film, you'd think after his humiliation in the first film, this raving narcissist would devote the rest of his life to destroying Balto and everyone he cares about? Most Disney sequels face the issue of having killed off their villain in the first film and are forced to replace them with some forgettable nobody, but this didn't have that problem. Plus, both films would have been a lot more fun if they had Jim Cummings chewing the scenery as the main antagonist. Considering how Niju and his three lackeys pay such a likeness to Steele and his three goons, I'm wondering if Steel was set to appear in this film but was axed after the script got a "spirit quest" rewrite?
Justice for Steele and daddy Cummings.
9:57 baltos face is pure gold lmao.
Man why didn.t Balto let Jenna help him find Aleu I mean she saved him in the first one from a bear
Right.
They also ruined Jenna's design! Jenna was modeled after Belgian actress, Audrey Hepburn. But the artist made her look so plain! Her voice doesn't suit her either! I know Bridget Fonda retired, but must Jodi Benson sounds too sweet and soft to be Jenna! Overall it pains me her role in these sequels have her around as little as possible!!! 🙍🏻♀️
@@vivimariefedorov7374 you're right cause Kevin Bacon played Balto in the first movie and his design was a little greyish looking
Kelsey Donaldson exactly. I actually do like the second movie but balto not bringing jenna really upset me as a kid. He didn't even brought jenna in third movie to save the pilot, instead he brings stella the goose and the polar bears -__________-
I hated how she was allocated as a mere side character in the sequels. In the first movie she felt like a secondary main character
And balto in real was fixed so having kids ain't happening.
@@artforpets oof
So he was nurtured
@@gracekim25 what do you think fixed means
Oh no :(
Oh damn lol
3:24 to quote nostalgia critic”ok screw that she could be a vampire shark and she still get adopted” I agree she’s so Cute I wanna die I mean aleu and balto aren’t the first wolf dog Hybrid I’m sure they still exist back in the old days.
My review of Wolf Quest:
Pros: *PUPS*
Cons: everything else
12:11 I paused at this part to get dinner, and I came back and saw that there's a slight animation error, with Balto's nose edited over Niju's chest and Niju's jaw on Balto's forehead.
Good review, by the way. :)
Thanks, again! So glad you're enjoying them.
Yeah, never noticed that one. there's actually quite a few animation errors, but I suppose that's to be expected of such a cheap cash-grab. :/
True.
As a kid, whenever there was a direct to video sequel to a movie I loved, I've always hated when there was constant singing. Especially when there was no singing in the first one.
What I just don't understand is Balto is the heroic dog in the town and Aleu looks like him so wouldn't she be the most desired pet puppy? Yeah, I recall the people being afraid of Balto in the 1st movie but he proved himself and saved the day. (I do apologize if I got anything wrong. It has been a long time since I watched Balto) .
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who saw that animation error at 2:37.
Haha, great minds think alike I guess. :b
There's actually one or two scenes with mistakes like that I forgot to mention that happen some time later on. I guess lower budget means less attention to detail. Lol
Funny to see, though.
I spit out my coffee when you said "When he reveals SHE was the poorly written one"
Haha I'm glad that one gave ya the giggles :)
I like Aleu's design and how this story didn't give her a sexy wolf to be her cliche romantic interest. That's all I really like about this movie and maybe the fact they're willing to explore the wolf theme a little more than in the original Balto, albeit in questionable ways. I've been curious for a while now, how do you edit your videos? I've been trying to learn video editing on stuff like premiere but I don't know how to do stuff like put letters or other objects in the foreground while a video is playing in the background. Or make objects move across the screen also while a video is playing in the background. Could you explain to me how you do it?
Yes! Thank fucking god they didn't do the archtypal female-lead plot all 90's films did. They did at least try some new shit, and I commend them for that
It just didn't work. Lol
As for editing, thanks man lol I appreciate wanting some help and all, best I can do without doing a full tutorial is you create a new legacy title and use the x and y controls in effects to position the text/image, then all you need to do is toggle the keyframes to control where and how long the text or inage moves.
I agree that Aleu is such a beautiful wolf dog. I think why so many people like her is because she looks different than her siblings
This film's music had no business being as good as it is.
Truth
Yeah Nick Wilde would be a better parent then balto in this movie.
Rick Sanchez would of been a better parent than Balto in this movie.
Yes
I don't get how anyone wouldn't want aleu cause she's the cutest one of them all.
She's the most selfish
@@ChelseatheCreativeFox-pc2xz how just asking
Yes
One thing I like about the movie is that the elderly one believes in change while the hotheaded young one is the one afraid of change and wants things to stay the same. And the fact that the villain's motivation is that he's afraid.
Great review, man. I was hooked from the "elaborate" joke at the start.
I remember not liking this movie even as a kid. I used to think the spiritual element was too complex for me to understand. Then I grew up and realized it was just (probably) well-intended but poorly executed story elements. Also, cool dragon design.
Thank you so much! :) you're too kind, really. I'm sincerely glad you enjoyed it.
I'm sorry you had to watch this as a kid, haha.
You earned a sub!!!! Love the content and funny comments! 😁 Keep up the great work!
Appreciate it, man!
Thank you so much for subbing as well, promise to do my very best keep you entertained!
"Humans won't want to adopt her since she looks so much like a wolf"
In today's society people would be bidding online for this dog.
This sequel suffers from the same problem that "An American Tail: Fievel Goes West" suffers from. In that they both only act as sequels to their respective previous films, but only by name. They also have the misfortune of having fanboys who swear by these sequels who 9 times outta 10 haven't seen the originals nor could they even be bothered to do so. If you want a sequel to "Balto" that at the very least has the spirit of the original? Watch "Balto 3: Wings of Change". It doesn't hold a candle to the first film, but its less headache inducing then "Balto 2".
Indeed. Interesting comparison, but quite truthful. Also, have actually seen and reviewed the 3rd, haha fun times
@@ShadeNocturne Oh wait I remember now you did review it. I think I saw it once. Still awesome. :)
@@ShadeNocturne Though you know what sucks? So for years Universal had "Balto" on DVD, but it was cropped to 4:3 Full-Screen. Then a couple years ago, Universal FINALLY released the film on Blu Ray, in its original theatrical aspect ratio...............but it doesn't have a menu. No bonus content, no scene selections, no language options, you just put the disc in the player and it just goes right to the movie.
you tell it like it is in these reviews top notch man
Thanks, Kelsey. :) I'm so glad you enjoyed it!
its not as bad as you're making it out to be. i saw these when i was like 9 and still treasure them. it may have even contributed to me becoming a fury later in life.
Hey I'm glad people like what they like even if others don't. :) I may not like it but I would never tell someone what to enjoy~
And the animation is clean for the cheapness.
So, anyway yeah! I really appreciate the comment btw. Makes my day to get em! (Also that red coloring with the three spirits representing fears looks cool)
Finally! Yes, I completely agree. Balto, the HUSKEY, really had no purpose here. And, the fist movie was so much better. What on earth is with this magic stuff?! Balto is supposed to be based on a true story, and they kinda ruined it. Sure, this is still a second part to a movie that I love, but, come on! This wasn't a good movie. I especially hate the fact that all of a sudden it turned into a musical. What the absolute f*ck!
“I simply became one with the tree” He sounds like that’s a normal everyday thing, OH nature your so mysterious.
Haha it does sound like he simply whipped out his fricken American express. Man sounded so bored and like "yeah, so what? I became one with the tree. Get oudda' here, fugeddabout it." XD
0:04 His silence says a thousand words.
I'm still in shock.
This film's plot was also a lame-ass clone of The Lion King II.
Catching up with your show after a few months, having lots of fun! Glad you did not stop making these.
Thank you so much, man! I'm glad you're still watching, and I'm having fun making them! :) Really appreciate your comment.
Life gets in the way, but I'm happy to hop on when I'm able.
You called the wolf pup girl Balto she's actually played by Lacey Chabert she did a additional voice in The Lion King 2 three years before this
I thought that voice was familiar!
I found your channel today and I've been binging your vids. Love your work man
I'm seriously grateful, man. :) thanks so much. Hope I can keep you entertained!
As a kid I absolutely loved these movies for some reason, Idk why. Maybe it's because it was set in my home state and I adore wolves. Either way I didn't actually pick up on that whole destiny thing you mentioned (mostly because I didn't know jack shit about messages and themes and whatnot) but now that I look back on it, it's preeeeeeetty bad.
I still love Aleu though >:)
Where do you live. I live in Minnesota we have a basketball team called the timberwolves but I don't think we really like wolves I think their cool but some people hate animals but the only animals I hate are bears.
I hate Aleu
I forgot how weird the movie was. It was one of my favorite movies as kid. Now, looking back, I realize it wasn’t all that great. However, while listening to your review, something hit me. What if this movie was about death?
Okay, I know it’s weird but the spiritual and magical elements make a lot more sense if you look at it through the lens of Alu is dying and Balto is doing his best to prevent that. Balto could’ve been trying to overcome trials to get his dead daughter back, with each animal being representative of different obstacles. It kind of reminds me of that Greek myth where this man overcame multiple trials to get his dead wife back only to loose her. The fox could be the one to tell Balto where the river styx is, the raven could be death himself watching over everything, the wolverines might be the fates, the bear could be Cerberus, and that wolf at the end could be death.
Idk, I just feel like it actually fits as a story about a parent trying to get their child back from the clutches of death more than what it was.
Interesting idea. Even if done poorly, it could still have salvaged most of the otherwise strangely spiritual plotline. As for the rest? Rewrite out Boris, extend the runtime, and build up this clan earlier.
you almost have to wonder, why not just make a movie about this and forget the balto series tie-in?
Why they didn’t hire you to write this film I had no idea
Hi! A long time ago, when I was probably 7 years old, I watched this movie for the first time and oh boy I got several heart attacks while watching this movie. My first heart attack was Boris screaming for Balto to wake up. My second heart attack was the Wolverine totem on the totem pole. I can COMPLETELY agree with you that the Wolverine totem is very creepy and terrifying, I even had nightmares from that thing! Then I got scared of the totem pole again right before Balto's second dream. Then after Aleu runs away, and Balto receives his first dream, hearing Aniu say the totem meanings, I yet again got another heart attack, from Aniu's Howl as soon as the Caribou totem disappeared. I also got another heart attack during "The Grand Design", which the totem pole with the Wolverine appears again. My final heart attack was from Aniu's second Howl at the end of the film. Thankfully 5 years later and just Yesterday, I finally conquered my fears of what gave me heart attacks in the film. Overall, the Film was pretty good, and because this movie is kinda similar to Inuit Culture, I like it even more. But still, that freaking Wolverine on the totem pole is still a little terrifying, despite conquering my fear.
This is also the last movie that Mary Kay Bergman was in.
Yes, she played both the fox that tricks balto as well as one of the spirit Wolverines. Perhaps there's others but yeah.
I had thought about mentioning it but I was unfamiliar with her body of work and felt it would be inappropriate to just breeze over it in what was becoming a lengthy script.
Thanks for watching, and subscribing!
Shade Nocturne no problem.
@@ShadeNocturne I was surprised.
She died in 1999, yet this was released in 2002.
I didn't think voice recordings could be done that far ahead.
To reiterate from a video I previously watched on it:
The most unrealistic part of this movie is the main conflict. You can’t tell me a town in ALASKA wouldn’t want a dog that looks like a wolf. Huskies, cut and dry, are basically Aleu in a nutshell, without the heritage. A musher or Hunter would absolutely love to have her, you can’t convince me otherwise. She would just look like a gray husky to them, because wolf-dogs look like giant sphepherd husky crosses.
Looking back that was a pretty glaring issue most kids would even get. Haha idk how I didn't think of that.
I mean seriously. Even if it wasn't Alaska, most countries love badass mixed breed animals for all sorts of stuff. Why wouldn't they take her?
Not even just for breeding or something? Like... NOBODY?
Not one person?
Bullshit.
You, my good commentator, are on point.
@@ShadeNocturne Aparently kids are the only people who adopt puppies! They must’ve really saved up those 100 dollars in 1920 bucks working the mines. If any grown up existed she’d be a valuable enough hunter.
10:14 this is how I avoid car accidents.
I always loved this movie.
I’m a religious person, but I 100% agree with you on the Destiny thing. So many people think it’s a good message to tell kids “don’t worry! Everything happens the way it’s supposed to happen because God exists.” No... that’s a flimsy excuse for people who just don’t think it’s possible for them to ever make a mistake. The Disney short Small One handled the concept of taking part in something great so much better. The donkey was involved in a historical and spiritually significant event, not because of destiny, but because he was in the right place at the right time. It was still involved, and it was still an important event, but it wasn’t born only for that purpose.
Thank you. It's refreshing to hear that from someone on the spiritual side. I appreciate your comment. Never heard of that short. Maybe i'll check it out when I get a hit minute. Thanks, man. :)
Shade Nocturne Damn, you’ve never heard of Small One? That’s Don Bluth’s Disney Swan Song. I won’t spoil it for you, suffice it to say, if you’re a Christian, it’s a great kid’s Christmas short. It’s uplifting and sad at the same time, definitely check it out.
Shade Nocturne also, I learned this lesson a long time ago when I was going to church one morning, my brother and I are animal lovers at heart, and a puppy ran under my mom’s car while we were driving leaving him quite dead. My brother cried about it rather profusely and told a lady at church that he was crying because we’d killed a puppy by accident. The church lady had the audacity to suggest that we were sent by God to kill that puppy because it was suffering.
That is bullshit. The puppy was perfectly happy looking and it’s Death was down to it not understanding the consequence of running under a moving car. That’s like saying “well, the Nazis were just ending the suffering of all those people, cause that’s how you end someone’s suffering!”
Voltaire’s Candide has a great moment where this guy who insists that everything happens for the greater good gets serious comeuppance.
Exactly. Death is not some consequence of a greater plan, and to treat it that way can diminish remorse and the severity. It's how people like Hitler can justify such atrocious acts and sleep at night.
Sorry about the dog, btw. Hope it rests in peace.
Shade Nocturne Yeah I mean I believe in an afterlife and God and all that... I just don’t believe, and honestly don’t like believing that everything you do is predestined and unchangeable. That’s dangerous thinking that causes cultures to stagnate. I wrote a novel several years ago, and in that novel, I basically tried to make humans and immortals separated by immortals having predestined lives and fate, while humans, a far weaker, less powerful species has free will, and is therefore more likely to change the world in spite of their feeble existence.
6:43
Mary Kay Bergman voicing Ms Fox most likely did something to several unsuspecting guys. Her voice had crazy range.
RIP
Indeed. She could do cutesy, sultry, serious... she was one hell of a powerhouse talent. The OG Timmy T Turner as well, I believe.
RIP, miss Bergman. Thank you for having been one of the few interesting things in this movie...
As an Indigenous person myself I gotta give credit to the movie for it's implements of our culture-- sure it could have been done a bit better but honestly a lot better then most--
Even if the movie sucks a bit I personally do like it and appreciate that it implemented something like that
Ok you made a good point on two things one losing our kids cuts deep and the CG generated a lot of slapstick
Cliché bad guy is Mark Hamill. The more you know.
The narration at the totem part is not random. That's Balto's mother :)
14:36 Are we just supposed to accept that Balto is willing to leave his wife and friends back in Nome just so he can lead this pack he barely knows, just because his mother (who was ignoring him his whole life btw) said so?
Also, why did they make the white wolf from the first movie Balto's mother? And not just his mother, but this almighty deity?
The white wolf scene from this movie worked because it didn't speak and it's mystical and vague, by making it Balto's mother all of that mysticism is gone, not to mention it's a complete retcon and it creates HUGE plot holes In both this and the first movie
You have expert point of views in this top notch stuff
7:27 oh god that fox *has flashback to some messed up fan art*
My gawd internet is NOTHING SACRED?
*internet raises eyebrow*
Mmmhm... yeah, I didn't think that question through.
Balto:How did you know the rock was there
Aloo:I CAN SEE THE FUTURE
I love your videos man they crack me up keep em coming brother ✌🏼
Got more on the way, brother! :) Thank you, so much! I work hard on them.
Now um... Mr. Goat... how did you get hold of a computer? Lol
@@ShadeNocturne i can see you work hard man you have great content and for how i got a computer well im a rare breed that has humanoid hands
the layering slip up at 2:38 just made this movie a whole lot funnier for me than it already was confusing
I wish they had a different voice actress for Alue. One who sounded her age. All I can hear is Eliza Thornberry!
whoa this thing had magic in it and Aleu and Nava had psyhic powers big ups to you for this review
Oh look, another sequel I never knew existed.
Doesn't this seem a little too similar to The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride?
Some things certainly seem similar, yeah. The daughter who wants to explor and has an overbearing father. To a lesser extent (having quite a few differences) the outlanders.
Ugh, gross! Imagine Niju trying to mack on Aleu like Kovu did with Kiara. Lol
No that movie is acatchlly ok.
@@ShadeNocturne Just what I said elsewhere. Hell, the director of this film, Phil Weinstein
, was the storyboard director for The Lion King II. Looks like he had major control over the plot and was just lazy, thought he could repeat the success that he had with Disney. Well, that did not turn out as he expected. LOL
Dang. Now THAT is interesting to know. 0_o
@@ShadeNocturne I almost forgot, that doing Aleu in Balto II is Lacey Chabert who also was the voice of cub Vitani in Lion King II. Makes me wonder if reading the script she wondered, 'Hey, this story seems familiar to a Disney sequel I did four years ago, except I am the star this time........'
Nostalgia critic explained that Balto.s mother told him he needed to understand the animals of the todum pole which in turn most people in this generation use to tell stories
Love this video man
15:20 "It is she who is poorly written."
There's something I noticed about Balto 2 - Wolf Quest, there is a lot of New Age tropes in this film, you could practically play New Age bingo watching Wolf Quest. To summarise, there is cultural appropriation of Native American heritage, Aleu as the Indigo Child, plus there is channelling, crystals, frequency, magical thinking, ESP, appeal to nature and everything is connected. All Balto 2 needed was pyramids, but I think the totem pole was the stand in for that, afterall, they are monuments, and the totem pole spirits fill the role of chakras, as something destined to guide Balto and Aleu to some esoteric prophecy. This I believe is why you notice metaphysics, Native American woo, and energy, these are things common to New Age, and I really like your closing comments, it's more beneficial than what Balto 2 - Wolf Quest was trying to achieve. By the way, that half-assed prophecy could easily apply to Aleu's siblings, they are wolf hybrids and do not know it, just because they look like Jenna, does not mean they didn't inherent wolf traits from Balto, technically, _all_ of Jenna and Balto's pups are second-generation wolf hybrids, but I suspect Aleu was someone's OC written into the film, that could explain it.
this movie is crazy but , i love it
I'm glad you enjoy it :) it is certainly at least trying something new, eh? I might not totally dig it but I have to give it that. At least it isn't committing the sin of repeating the first one but worse or completely sidelining balto for his kids (*cough cough* alpha and omega)
So yeah. :) thanks for watching and commenting by the way. Means a lot :)
@@ShadeNocturne yeah the first alpha and omega is ok , but the sequels .....T.T , but this movie wolf quest , is like another movie with the same history , check the trailer of White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf , that movie is like a live action of balto 2 maybe LOL
@@ShadeNocturne thanks you too for your videos bro
As a dragon, do YOU personally ever breath fire? If so, would it be for things such as marking your territory, attracting a mate, intimidating your enimies or cooking your prey?
Fire burns all mah stuff. So I take it outside, if need ve. Not too many predators cause I pretty much order out for everything I want or need.
This wasn’t pointed, but they fucked up Balto’s design. He has white eyes in this movie! When you FUCK UP YOUR MAIN CHARACTER’S DESIGN then your movie definitely sucks. Also they used the white wolf, and then shoehorned it in as Balto’s mother. Jesus they should’ve used the director of the last movie, or make this one’s director watch it first.
They also said Alue looked more like a wolf than Balto, when she had traits(such as blue eyes) that wolves can’t have. She even looks like a recoloured Female Balto. If they were going with Alue looked a lot more like a wolf, they could’ve made her more wolf sized. What makes things worst, HOW IS THE TOWN OF NOME’S HERO’S KIDS NOT MARKETABLE? I thought people would jump at the chance at getting one of the hero’s kids. Especially Alue who looks the most like Balto.
They probably forgot the 1st movie didn’t exist.
The Polar bears Names are Muk and Luk, get it The Eskimo Boot.
I honestly always thought this movie was kinda weird too, but it is okay..
I may not totally enjoy it but I wanna give it a post-review point for actually TRYING SOMETHING NEW. That shit was refreshing at least. Don't seem to get a lot of that anymore. *eyeroll*
Also super happy you watched my stuff :) I hope you enjoyed and I appreciate your time and comment
@@ShadeNocturne np!
I loved Balto, and out of both of its sequels, I preferred Wolf Quest. Sure, Alue became a selfish dick, but she wasn't as bad as Kody in Wings of Change.
Edit cause I forgot the dog was Kody not Diego. I keep thinking ir's Diego for some reason
I wonder what made Kodi the worse child of Balto and Jenna.
This film could of worked because I am a half black and half Irish mix if they wrote this right it could of worked.
These fuckers got Maurice LaMarche, Jodi Benson, Mark Hamill, and David Carradine involved in this!? This movie has half the budget and writing quality of the original, how did it attract so much talent?
So many strings and favors, I'd reckon. Certainly didn't help the writing and production but what can you do?
@@ShadeNocturne Mary Kay Bergman also voiced a fox. I feel really bad that such a spectacular voice actor's final role was in Balto 2.
Yes, it is really a shame. I guess she could have done way worse but... yeah no, this was unfortunate.
That conclusion with your thoughts on the movie's message. That hit hard. I needed to hear that.
Also, you sound like a younger Bojack Horseman. Not a complaint.
0:20 When I was a kid and this said it was based on a true story, guess who tried talking to a wolf ....... and got growled at probably because it thought the kid was staring it down.
Thanks for teaching about nature movie, you're really historically accurate with the younger generation.
Omg haha XD so sorry man, but hey at least you tried. Gives you a neat story to laugh about at least... hope you didn't get hurt?
Also thanks for watching
@@ShadeNocturne Na it's fine, I just made that up as a joke.
But talking to animals however is true. I think I saw that movie when I was 5 ish, and was a gullible kid that believed anything back then and when I saw the title, "based on true story" I tried coming up with ways to trick an animal into talking out loud or tried hiding behind corners to try over hearing them. 🤦♂️
I don't know how I'm not ashamed of movies that made me do questionable back then.
Also, you're welcome.
So Aleu has physic powers Nava tells her and Balto they had to be lead by the one who is wolf in turn it was Aleu not Balto
Yep. And not ONE of them could figure out it was Aleu based on that obvious prophecy. Lol
Oh, and thanks for watching Kelsey. You rock!
Thanks alot i appreciate that
I always thought the people of Nome were really stupid. I get how some might be put off if a puppy looks too much like a wolf but the fact that they are half wolf would’ve put people off of her siblings as well. I think the movie didn’t portray the ‘destiny’ part right. As a child, I always thought it was more she belonged with the wolves and was happier with them than she was back in town so that’s why the spirits were trying to guide her.
i feel the same way about good voices Nava being voiced by david carradine from kung fu lol its no wounder he could disapper into a tree
I jusy recently rewatched the first then watched the second and I could not feel extremely disappointed in what I saw. Basically with what everything you said I agree with. But there are two things that bothered me over anything in the entire film.
First, Jennas and Baltos voice actors changed in this. I thought the voiced for them in the first movie were a great choice (Jenna especially) but in this I feel their forcing way to hard to sound like the first movie.
Second is the design of Balto and Jenna. Was it a different team of artists? Sure probably. This still doesnt strain from the fact they, atleast to me, look nothing alike. Balto in this doesn't look as good as he did in the first. In the first he looked like an outcast which is how he was portraid. If they kept this design I feel I would have cared a little bit more. Jenna though, she had the worst overhaul. In the first movie her design look pretty. She was portraid as a beautifull character and it worked. In the second I feel while its trying to imply, it doesnt work. Her face is not at all the same, the eyes are always happy and the rest of it is just ew.
One last side thing is I don't like Aleus voice in it. Going into this Aleu is my favourite character design so I was expecting a better voice but thats not what I had gotten. Atleast her puppy voice made sense.
I am scared to watch the third one
I totally agree! Jenna's design was inspired by Belgian actress Audrey Hepburn. Even Rosie, her owner, looks like a little redhead Audrey! But the sequels made Jenna look so plain!!! And Jodi Benson is NO Bridget Fonda!
And Lacey chabert's whiney Eliza voice is so grating to the ears! I've heard her normal voice before, so she has no excuse to make Alue sound like a little kid!!! They should've gotten Grey Delisle or Tara Strong to voice her instead!!!
thanks for the review man great stuff
Thank YOU for watching, and the polite comment. :)
I can see the future!
While watching this I was questioning if I was drunk or high.
Edit: I’m pretty sure reading the summary is enough for the movie will probably be the equivalent of ectasy to the 10th power.
Perhaps both. Lol that's how I felt.
I still question if this movie actually exist due to the fact that I was probably high while watching this. I think it exist since it has a score on IMDB. Probably some vudu magic bullshit.
The STARZ channel version of this movie had made a few minor changes to the animation. Like for example 0:03 the 3 walking together were drawn lighter in the original version, but there were drawing a little darker in this version.
i remember watching this movie (Balto2) in 4th grade and distinctly remembering it was really weird, this was the only balto movie i watched before this year
i found the trilogy on amazon prime a couple months ago and vaguely remembered the character designs, so i went into Balto 1 (thinking i was about to rewatch balto 2 for nostalgia) with pretty low expectations
guess who found their new favorite movie in the most convoluted way possible for the most convoluted reasons
About as historically accurate as Mel Gibson's Braveheart🙄
First time here nice dragon design
Hey man 2 things I just wanna say
1 as someone who is adopted this movie was fantastic when I was a kid I loved it. I connected to Alula soo much expetially at the end.
2 the spirit part was fantastic as aboriginal Australian it’s similar to our Dreamtime
And finally I hope you see this @shadenocturn I love the dragon and I love what you said I hope you see this as you are amazing
I'm glad you connected to the movie. Really :) We all have those movies we like, you know?
I'm glad you commented and I'm happy you enjoyed my little video
@@ShadeNocturnethanks and I love your videos so much
Aleu was always one of my favorite childhood animals. I still find her relatable at times.
It’s also cool that the same one who voiced Eliza Thornberry voiced Aleu too (Lacey Chabert).
I also find it funny that the length of this video is 20:02 , which is the year this film came out.
I gotta give you credit for this real creative point of view of the movie
(Parody)
*(Shade's start to play hide and seek with his daughter)*
Shade's daughter: DAMN IT! I GUESS DAD WIN AGAIN! >.> *(She looks back)*
*Shade Nocturne: (**0:00**)*
(Shade's daughter start to smile)
Shade's daughter: DAD!? How do YOU do that?
Shade Nocturne: I simply became one with the tree! my sweet child! 7w7
Muja Kina: Sweetie! can you stop doing that? you are scaring my cat! >.< STOP FUSING WITH THE TREE!!! >.>
Shade Nocturne: Oops! I forgot! >.<
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Random Guy: WTF!? (0:09)
Muja Kina: HOLY SH*T! HOW BALTO CAN FUSE WITH THE TREE?😂 I'm done!
Anyway! I saw that movie when I was a little loli and let me tell you this movie is okay! Is not good like the first one but this movie is fine! :)
I respect your opinion. I can see why people might enjoy it
Also, wow this os one funny and creative af comment XD hat's off to you, miss
@@ShadeNocturne
Hehe! Ooh you like my little fanfiction? Why thank you darling! ;)
This movie when watched it as a kid was definitely wired
I love this film mainly for nostalgia. But your right the plot makes literally no sense at all. Aleu had no plot. Baltos role is confusing. Why is magic in this film? There is no solid plot. I feel for you man
I wished this movie focus more on Alue and Balto.
Sadly didn't.
What do you mean? It did.
What do you mean? It did?
So Bridget Fonda played Jenna in the first movie that made me think Jenna almost looks different here cause she's played by someone else
Don't you wish that this should be an HD treatment in order to grade the colors naturally?
Alexander The Great: An HD remaster of this movie wouldn’t mean colors would be graded. All it would have done was make them a bit sharper. I think the film was actually made to look that drab. Now, supposedly there is an HD version of this film and the 3rd movie, but I don’t know if it is an upscale or not.
This was 2002 when HD wasn't a big thing yet.
It’s an upscale.
Baltimore:wait?..do u hear that?
Wolf girl?:what is it dad
Soviet Army:URRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
Soviet sgt:KILL THE CITY BURN THEM DOWN! SHOOT THEM DOWN
*Soviet tanks rolls in* MOW THEM DOWN
Soviet Army: HOOORAAA HOOORAAA HOOORAAA
(Srry if i offended the movie)
you've been a great friend by receiving my comments i appreciate it oh and did you come up with anything lately
Aleu.s voice actress Lacey Chabert was just 20 years old when she starred in this movie and Jodi Benson had just did Lady and the Tramp 2 a year prior
Do dragons start out as little drakes what does that mean exactly
Yeah, a drake is a type of dragon (a broader term for a certain bodystyle among types of dragons)
So certain dragons are drakes.
If you look at Lady and the tramp 2 Scamp's Adventure you could see that Scamp ran away cause he wanted to be a wild dog like his dad